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Old English · noun

hærfest

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈxær.fest/
[ˈhærˠ.vest]
Syllables
ˈxær · fest (2 syllables)
Modern English
harvestautumn

Meaning

  1. harvest

  2. autumn, fall

    Rōmanisc̄e lēodan ongynnað heora ġēar æfter hǣðenum ġewunan on winterlīċere tīde. Ebrei healdað heora geares annginn on lenctenlīcre emnihte. Đā Grēcisċan onginnað hyra ġēar æt ðām sunnstede; ⁊ ða Egiptisċan on hærfest.

    The Roman people begin theirs, after the heathen custom, in the winter time. The Hebrews observe the beginning of their year on the vernal equinox. The Greeks begin their year at the solstice; and the Egyptians in the fall.

    c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

Declension

Declension of hærfest
SingularPlural
Nominative hærfesthærfestas
Accusative hærfesthærfestas
Genitive hærfesteshærfesta
Dative hærfestehærfestum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Apparently borrowed into West Saxon from Mercian; the expected West Saxon form would be *hierfest. From Proto-West Germanic *harbist. A North Germanic variant *harbustaz was the source of Old Norse haust (Swedish höst, Icelandic haust). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian herfst (West Frisian hjerst), Old Saxon hervist (Low German harvst), Dutch herfst, Old High German herbist (German Herbst). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), Latin carpō (“pick, pluck”), Middle Irish corrán (“sickle”), Lithuanian kirpti (“cut”), Old Church Slavonic чрьпати (črĭ…

Descendants

harvest

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